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Seven Heavens Away

by Ashraf Zaghal

Growing up amid violence and loss

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Growing up amid violence and loss

Set in Jerusalem, Seven Heavens Away follows Palestinian teenager Aziz as violence reshapes his friendships and sense of what lies ahead. The death of his friend Hassan brings Aziz and Mustafa into closer contact with Hassan’s father, a prominent community figure whose charity and fiery speeches form part of the story’s social backdrop. Aziz’s feelings for Dafna, a Jewish girl, and his mother’s efforts to protect him add personal stakes to a narrative concerned with grief, guilt, survival, and the search for hope. The novel brings questions of intimacy and family safety into a coming-of-age story shaped by conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in coming-of-age fiction set amid escalating violence in Jerusalem.
  • Readers seeking fiction about grief, family protection, and relationships across a divide.

Themes

Coming of ageGrief and guiltSurvival and hopeLove across a divideFamily safety

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Book overview

Sometimes you walk two steps and find yourself
two alleys away, two gates away,
two hills away, two seas away,
two continents away,
or seven heavens away.

In this taut and heartbreaking debut novel, a Palestinian teenager comes of age amid escalating violence in Jerusalem. After their friend Hassan is killed by an Israeli, Aziz and Mustafa are shaken to their core, drawn into the orbit of Hassan's father -- a respected community leader known for his charity and fiery speeches -- as they grapple with grief, guilt, and an uncertain future. As Aziz's forbidden feelings for Dafna, a Jewish girl, deepen and his mother searches for a way to secure his safety, he's forced to confront painful truths about loss, survival, and what it means to find hope amid the ruins.

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